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A. L. BLANCHARD.

Parlor Stove. No. 2,355.

2 Sheets-Sheet 1.

Patented Nov. 12, 1841-.

2 Sheets-Sheet 2. AL. BLANCHARD.

Parlor Stove.

' No. 2,355. Patented Nov. 12,1841.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFTCE.

ALONZO L. BLANCHARD, OF ALBANY, NEW YORK.

METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING A COILEBINED DUMB AND PARLOB STOVE.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 2,855, dated November12, 1841; Beissued September 9, 1843, No. 54.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALoNzo L. BLANCH- Ano, of the city of Albany, in theState of New York, have invented a new and useful Combined Dumb andParlor Stove; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full andexact description thereof.

The design of this stove is to furnish, un der the appearance of anornamental pedestal surmounted by a statue, or other analogous device,all the advantages of both a well constructed dumb stove, and of aparlor stove in which fire can be made, when an increased temperature isrequired, or when there is not any in the kitchen or other apartmentbelow that in which the dumb stove is situated.

The exterior of my stove when completed and set up for use, is similarto that represented in Figure 1, in the accompanying drawing. Thepedestal, A, B, C, upon which the hollow, cast-iron statue, D, is sustained is represented as divided into three members, segments, or parts,exteriorly. These parts may be made to assume any form, not incompatiblewith their general intent-ion, which taste, or fancy, may dictate. Thelower segment B, is merely a hollow base, or plinth, for sustaining thestove and other parts above it; it serves, also, to conceal. the twopipes which pass through the floor, and through one of which pipes theheated air from below is conveyed into the dumb stove, and through theother of which, said air is finally to escape into a chimney, or flue.The middle segment, or member, of the pedestal A, contains a firechamber, within which fire may be lighted when required, and alsocontains compartments, or chambers, which are entered by the two pipesthat pass through the floor, said chambers constituting a part of thedumb stove.

In Fig. 2, c, e, 6, represents the lower horizontal plate of the segmentA, Fig. 1, the space within which is divided into three chambers, orcompartments, A, B, and E, by a vertical partition plate C, C, extendingfrom front to back, and by a partition D, which extends from thepartition C, to the end D, of the segment A, dividing this end into twocompartments, B, and E; into one of which enters the heated air pipe B,and into the other of which enters the escape, or exit, pipe E. Theupper part of the partition D, constitutes a valve, or shutter, whichmay be opened or closed by means of a handle D; when opened, thecompartments B, and E, communicate with each other. The largercompartment A forms the fire chamber of the parlor stove.

Fig. l, is a vertical section through the pedestal in the line 00 00, ofFig. 2; in this figure, the pipes 13, and E, are shown as entering thechambers B, and E; the dotted lines D, also show the upper, or valve,part of the partition D, as partially opened.

In Fig. 3, f", f, is the lower plate of the segment C, of the pedestal,dividing this from the above described chamber within the segment A. Thespace within the segment C, has a partition extending from the bottom tothe top of it in the lines F, F, by which this chamber is divided intotwo compartments 1, I, and J. There are two openings G, and M, throughthe plate f, f, into the fire chamber A, Fig. 2. One of these, G, opensinto the compartment J and the other, M, into the compartment 1, I. Fromthe compartment J, there is also an opening B into the compartment B, ofFig. 2, which opening 13 is governed by a valve, shutter, or damper, 6.From the compartment 1, I, there is an opening K, into the compartmentE, of Fig. 2, which opening is governed by a valve a. The opening M,into the tire chamber A. is governed by the valve 0.

Fig. 5, represents the top plate of the upper segment C, of thepedestal, or that upon which the statue stands; 71-, it, being the lineof its lower end. Through this plate there are two openings, B and H.For two thirds, more or less, of its height, the statue D, has avertical partition commencing at its lower end, and extending from frontto back of it; the lower part of this partition is shown by the line 9,and its place is shown in dotted lines on the statue. The opening I, onone side of the partition 9, leads into the compartment J, of Fig. 3;and the opening H, into the compartment 1, I.

When the apparatus is to be used as a dumb stove only, its operation isas follows. In the sectional view Fig. 4, B, is the pipe conveying theheated air from the the below, through the floor i, and through the low,1" plate 6, e, of the middle portion A, of the pedestal into thechamber B; at the upper side of this chamber, said heated air passesthrough the opening B into the compartment J, of the upper segment ofthe pedestal; through the opening 13, in the upper plate of this segmentit passes into the body of the statue, upon one side of the partition 9,and down on the other, to the opening H, through that opening to thecompartment I, along which itpasses to the opening K, then through thisto the compartment E, of the middle segment A, of the pedestal; thenceit escapes through the exit pipe E, leading to a chimney or fine belowthe floor. When the fire is first lighted, or when it is desired tolessen the heat of the dumb stove, the damper making a part of thepartition D, is to be opened, and the smoke and heated air will thenpass directly from the compartment B, into the compartment E, withoutascending into the statue. The draft, instead of making its escapethrough the pipe E, may be conducted directly from the pedestal into theparlor fire place, if desired; for this purpose there may be a fine atL, Figs. 3, and 4:, leading from the compartment I, at the back of thepedestal, into the fire-place; when this is used, the damper I), shouldbe closed.

I will now describe the operation of the foregoing apparatus when it isto be used as a parlor stove. The door for the supply of fuel, I make inone end of the segment A, as at N, Fig. 2; and this door I construct soas to conceal the hinges, and preserve the uniform character of thepedestal; this I effect in the following manner. In Fig. 2, 7' mayrepresent theupper, or the lower, edge of the door; on the inside ofthis door there are two ears Z, with a belt, or joint pin, hole throughthem; and on inside of the fire chamber there are two corresponding earsZ, through these a bolt, or joint pin, is to be passed; the plateforming the door may then be entirely flush on its outside with theother parts of the pedestal, and it will yet open and close freely.There may be an ash pit drawer in the plinth, at the back of thepedestal, if desired, but this I, in general, omit altogether, andintroduce the draft into the fire chamber through a small opening in therear of the pedestal, as at d, to which opening the arrow in, points;this opening leads into a small trunk, or hollow case, 0, extendingalong the front of the fire chamber on its bottom plate, said casehaving, through its top, or side, openings 0, 0, 0, for the admission ofair to the fire chamber. hen a fire has been kindled in the firechamber, and it is desired to derive the whole benefit of its heattherefrom, the opening M, in the plate f, f, is to be closed by thedamper, or valve, 0, the whole of the heated air from the fire chamberwill then be compelled to pass through the opening G, into the chamber Jand its course thence will be the same with that already described asperformed by the heated air from a fire below the apartment. The finalescape of said heated air may, in like manner, be either through thepipe E, or through a pipe from L, into the chimney.

The above described apparatus has less of the appearance of a stove, andis more ornamental, than any other which I have ever known. The statue,besides being elegant in its appearance, forms a constituent part of theinstrument, and exposes a large radiating surface, and this, togetherwith that afforded by the pedestal, renders it particularly available inthe distribution of heat; and these advantages it presents whether usedas a dumb stove only, as a parlor stove, or as both in combination. It'may be used with facility in apartments which are not furnished withfire-places, as well as in those that are so provided.

Having thus, fully described the nature of my combined, dumb, and parlorstove, what- I claim therein as new, and desire to secure by LettersPatent, is

1. The manner of combining with each other a statue, or other ornamentaldevice. and a pedestal divided into compartments. substantially in themanner herein set forth. so that they shall constitute a dumb stove.within which the heated air from a fire below shall circulate throughthe respective chambers, and through the body of the statue, or otherornamental device, placed upon the pedestal as herein set forth.

2. I claim, also, the combining with such a dumb stove, a fire chamber,by means of which it may be converted into a parlor stove, saidcombination being formed by arranging the respective openings,chainhers, and dampers, substantially in the manner herein fully madeknown.

I claim, likewise, the particular manner of hanging the door of myparlor stove, with concealed hinges, as described; and, lastly, I claimthe manner of supplying the draft to the fire-chamber, through a trunk.or hollow case, located and arranged, as herein made known.

4. I do not claim the mere combining of a dumb stove with a compartmentwithin said stove in which an extra fire may be kindled, this havingbeen done, or attempted. by others, but in a manner, and under anarrangement of parts, differing essentially from those herein described,and to which particular arrangement my claim is limited.

ALONZO L. BLANCHARD.

lVitnesses:

T. S. l/VILLARD,

N. NORTHRUP.

[Fmsr PRINTED 1913.]

